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The Hamptons aren't rich, at least those living year-around sending their kids to public schools. Hamptons residents are average or a bit below average in income for Long Island standards, not poor either.
That is true, but you still have Black people that live in that area. I just didn't know if some people knew that.
Black income in the Atlanta metro area is slightly lower than in the NYC metro area. But the cost of living is lower in Atlanta, and the white-black disparity somewhat lower. Still, not enough to make a huge difference in black affluence. The Black % in Atlanta is much higher than the NYC metro, so you're more likely to get well-off majority black communities and the black presence is just more visible. Black median income by metro:
Washington DC: $63k/year
New York City: $44k/year
Atlanta: $41k/year
No metros with a large black population is close to Washington DC. New York City is #2 (excluding places like San Diego and San Jose whose black population is rather small) and the gap between DC and NYC is large, while the gap between NYC and the next metros are small.
When your comparing median household incomes by metro, you MUST take into account intra-regional differences as well.
Look at how much these counties of the NYC metro area vary from each other (they all have sizable black populations by the way):
Nassau County Black MHI: $81k (Long Island) Rockland County Black MHI: $70k (Hudson Valley) Suffolk County Black MHI: $69k (Long Island) Middlesex County Black MHI: $69k (NJ) Bergen County Black MHI: $65k (NJ) Orange County Black MHI: $61k (Hudson Valley) Queens Black MHI: $59k (NYC)
New York Metro Area Overall Black MHI: $44k
Brooklyn Black MHI: $41k (NYC) New Haven County Black MHI: $41k (CT) Essex County Black MHI: $39k (NJ) Bronx Black MHI: $37k (NYC) Manhattan Black MHI: $33k (NYC) Passaic County Black MHI: $33k (NJ)
The Hamptons aren't rich, at least those living year-around sending their kids to public schools. Hamptons residents are average or a bit below average in income for Long Island standards, not poor either.
I agree. From my understanding of the Hamptons, while it has areas of very substantial wealth, on the whole, the Hamptons also contain a significant working class population (at at least a significant number of people who aren't anywhere close to being well-off). The Hamptons is home to many working class people who lived in the area before it became the "destination" for rich folks its known as today. It's also home to many service employees who mow lawns, etc.
Collier Heights, commonly referred to as Historic Collier Heights, is a neighborhood in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, nestled in the southwest corner of Atlanta. Having the distinction of being one of the first communities in the nation built exclusively by African-American planners for the upcoming Atlanta African-American middle class, this community has been featured in several national publications, such as Ebony and Jet magazines, as well as featured in the “Homefinder†section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In 2008 Collier Heights began its quest to become the first community in the nation to be registered as a Historic Site, listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, due to its significance of being the first community in the nation built by African Americans for their fellow African Americans. On June 23, 2009 the historic Collier Heights community achieved its goal. Collier Heights received local historic designation in June, 2013.
I've always wondered, what makes Maryland such a prosperous state across the board, for all demographics (as seen in the first post of this thread). What drives the economy there? Is it largely due to high government salaries, or what?
I've always wondered, what makes Maryland such a prosperous state across the board, for all demographics (as seen in the first post of this thread). What drives the economy there? Is it largely due to high government salaries, or what?
Likely has a lot to do with it, directly and indirectly.
I've always wondered, what makes Maryland such a prosperous state across the board, for all demographics (as seen in the first post of this thread). What drives the economy there? Is it largely due to high government salaries, or what?
I believe its the location as well. Apart from who works for the government or what salaries people have people are still on the up and up. You got people coming up from the south, people coming down from the north and people coming from the west. Its hard to not rub elbows with other intelligent people from the locals to out of towners. In a sense, people will exploit you if you are not head smart in general whether it be the corporate world or the streets.
I've always wondered, what makes Maryland such a prosperous state across the board, for all demographics (as seen in the first post of this thread). What drives the economy there? Is it largely due to high government salaries, or what?
Yes and many of the private entities here are connected to government, like the various contractors.
The Hamptons have Black residents actually, but I believe the communities vary. I know they do, because schools like Bridgehampton and to a lesser degree, East Hampton, Southampton and Westhampton have Black students in their schools.
I've always wondered, what makes Maryland such a prosperous state across the board, for all demographics (as seen in the first post of this thread). What drives the economy there? Is it largely due to high government salaries, or what?
Yes, and government agencies were among the first to implement anti-discrimination hiring policies, so you have a number of middle-class A-A families that go back a couple generations. Those families have been able to build familial wealth in a way that A-A families in other parts of the country haven't.
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Collier Heights topped this list in 1940's-1960s
